Category: Current Events
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What’s different about writing drama? (Coming Soon! My new show!)
I love writing novels. I wish I could do it full time for a living. But for pure enjoyment, what I do with drama probably tops novel-writing. Most likely it is the case because with drama I get to take my work and put it into production right away. Plus I get to collaborate with…
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Election Field Trip -12,000 Miles Away
I teach American government. It’s one of my guilty pleasures. There are so many wonderfully villainous things to talk about, especially in an election year. It’s not accident that elections take place directly after Halloween. It’s only after the evil spirits are allowed to roam and the werewolves have had their say to the moon,…
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How can a government send the wrong message? Have the department of agriculture buy machine guns.
You may have seen the different news stories going around about the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) procuring a shipment of machine guns. Does anything else even need to be said? Are those rambunctious artichokes on the march again? Has the kale forest claimed suzerainty against the kingdom of cabbage? Perhaps my examples are…
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What’s Going On in Hong Kong?
One country, two systems. In 1997, Hong Kong was transferred back to China after Britain’s 100 year lease expired. The British-Chinese transfer agreement stated that, while Hong Kong would from that point on be under the sovereignty of the Beijing government, it would remain “untouched” in that certain civil liberties and democratic ideals which were…
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Win a Kindle Fire! Help Promote My Book “The Reach of the Banyan Tree”
I’m happy to team-up again with The Kindle Book Review and a bunch of fine authors and that means you can win some cool prizes – including a Kindle Fire. But remember to check out my book in the list. Here it is: ENTER TO WIN HERE!
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“A Woman at War” Musical Lyrics
In yesterday’s post, I mentioned how my musical “A Woman at War” is being performed this week in Kuala Lumpur Wed-Sat as part of the Short & Sweet Musical Festival. I’ll be heading down tomorrow to take part in the festivities. But in the meantime, I thought I’d post the lyrics. “Dedicated to all the…
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“A Woman at War” – My Musical Opens Today in Kuala Lumpur
I’m very excited about the 10 minute musical that I wrote which was chosen for production in the Short & Sweet Musical Festival KL 2014. It opens tonight at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, and will be showing through Saturday along with five other musicals. I’ll be flying down to KL on Friday and…
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Opening night – Short & Sweet Theatre Penang – A Synopsis of Two Plays
Wednesday, September 3 opens the third annual Short & Sweet Theatre Festival at the Penang Performing Arts Centre. This is the third year that I have been involved in this festival, and I’ve had a lot of fun along the way. This year, like last, I’m directing one piece and another one that I have…
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Getting Ready for Short & Sweet Penang
This is the third year that I’ve been involved with the Short & Sweet Theatre Penang festival which is kicking off next week. In 2011 I submitted my short play “Drive All Night” which came home with the Audience Choice Award. That was a lot of fun. Last year my script “No in Spite of…
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